Guantánamo Bay – 10 years on

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The US navy base on the island of Cuba is commonly referred to as Guantánamo but is also known as Gitmo or GTMO. The site has contained Camp X-Ray - a military prison - since 2002 for so-called unlawful combatants captured by the US in Afghanistan and Iraq. The prison and the mistreatment there of prisoners along with the denial of protection under the Geneva Conventions has been the subject of much international criticism. This US military handout shows a detainee being escorted into the prison. Photograph: PA

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US Department of Defence handout photo dated 11/01/02 of detainees in orange jumpsuits sitting in a holding area at Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This image caused international outrage as it became apparent that detainees were undergoing sensory deprivation. Photograph: US Handout/PA

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A welcome sign at the Guantánamo Bay naval station in Cuba. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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An iguana and a request for silence inside Camp Delta at Guantánamo Bay. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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The medical clinic for detainees. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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Cans of a nutritional product are force-fed through a feeding tube to detainees on hunger strike. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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The detainee library. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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An arrow points to Mecca, so that Muslim detainees will know which direction to face in prayer. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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A spokesman shows one of the detainee camps, but cannot be photographed from the front. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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Personal items given to detainees. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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Food and utensils for detainees. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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Some of the reading material available to detainees. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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A television room for one detainee to watch while in leg chains. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times

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Before they are allowed to take pictures inside the detention camps at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, photographers must consent to have all their photos reviewed by military public affairs officials.
Pictures of detainees’ faces are forbidden, as are any images that capture unoccupied guard towers or large patches of the coastline. Photograph: Richard Perry/The New York Times